"Hahaha, we know that the one who knows me is a girl!" Lao Zhu changed his anger in front of Zhu Biao and An Qing and laughed uncharacteristically.
It turns out that when Lao Zhu was angry outside, he was just showing off for others to see. In fact, when Han Du asked for marriage, Lao Zhu was extremely happy. Although Han Du proposed to marry Anqing, which surprised him, it was far from making him angry. He did all this just for the outside world to see, so that one day in the future he could avoid telling the truth.
Although Han Du has repeatedly made outstanding achievements, there is a saying that goes well, the more capable you are, the less capable I will appear to be? Everything that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Sometimes it is also a fault for a person to be too capable and capable. Otherwise, where did the idiom "high achievements shake the master" come from?
Of course, Han Du's achievements are far from reaching the level of great achievements. But merit is something that will continue to accumulate. Han Du did not reach the point where his achievements were so great today, but it does not mean that he will not be so great in the future. Moreover, the key is that this day, in Lao Zhu's opinion, is bound to come. How young is Han Du? I am not even twenty years old yet, and there are still several decades to come.
If Han Du continues to accumulate meritorious deeds, who will be able to suppress him a hundred years from now? Even the prince may not be able to suppress him. If Han Du had not made friends with the prince, the two had a good relationship, and Han Du had always maintained a respectful attitude towards the prince. Secondly, the new treasure banknotes had just been issued, and there were too many things that needed Han Du to take charge of. After all, How to build the treasure money system that Han Du talks about step by step, only Han Du can figure it out now. Although Han Du and Lao Zhu broke it apart and explained it many times, Lao Zhu has always been in the stage of blind man feeling the elephant on this matter and has no overall overall view of the establishment of the treasure banknote system. This also makes Lao Zhu Zhu was most speechless.
It is precisely because of these two reasons that Han Du can continue to do his own thing safely, otherwise he would have been suppressed by Lao Zhu. Even if he is not suppressed openly, he will at least keep Han Du in cold storage. It is impossible to maintain unconditional trust in Han Du.
How do you want to avoid being overwhelmed by your achievements? In Lao Zhu's opinion, it is very simple, everyone just needs to be their own people. And the best way to become your own person is through in-laws. As long as they become a family, Lao Zhu will naturally have closer trust in Han Du. After all, we are all a family, and one family does not speak the same language. Perhaps it is because he has witnessed the death of his relatives since he was a child. In Lao Zhu's concept, he attaches great importance to his relatives and home.
Lao Zhu was cruel to officials, but extremely trusting and protective of his family. When a relative makes a mistake, as long as it is not so heinous that it causes anger and resentment, Lao Zhu will usually give him a whip or a warning when dealing with it. It is very rare for people to shout and kill their relatives, but when it comes to officials, Lao Zhu would live and kill according to his heart. Just killing the capital is not enough to relieve the hatred. Peel Hemerocallis to find out. Those who embezzled sixty taels would be skinned and daylilies were peeled off. This would have been unimaginable in the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, Lao Zhu did not kill his relatives for sixty taels. Some clan members made a profit of 6,000 taels or 60,000 taels by bullying the people, but they were only dismissed by Lao Zhu. Only those who caused greater harm were executed.
Empress Ma glanced at the emperor with disdain, and couldn't stand the way he behaved even though he got an advantage. She sighed softly: "The emperor is very happy to do this. I'm afraid they will be frightened to death by you."
Lao Zhu pondered for a while and said with a sneer: "It's true that Anqing was really frightened. Oh, if you have time, go and comfort her. As for Han Du... huh, that guy is more courageous than Everyone is big, how can he be scared? I don’t think so.”
After hearing this, Empress Ma said helplessly, "Why is this necessary, Your Majesty? Since you intend to fulfill them, then just wait until a suitable time and decide it. Why do you have to make them both worried?"
After hearing this, Lao Zhu was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and asked, "What do you think of Han Du?"
"It's quite good. He's a talented person. What's even more rare is that he has the courage to propose marriage to the emperor. He is a responsible person. And for Anqing, he didn't even ask for the reward of being a prince. He is a person who values friendship." Empress Ma just said a few words to Han Han. Du gave a thorough explanation. Although he was helping Han Du speak, he sounded not only not disgusted but also agreed from the bottom of his heart.
Lao Zhu smiled and nodded, and said: "My sister is right, this Han Du is a person who values friendship. But since he values friendship, I naturally want to see how deep his friendship is for An Qing."
"Your Majesty, you don't want to..." Queen Ma was shocked, hearing that the Emperor meant to test Han Du's feelings. The consequences of testing Han Du at this juncture are really unpredictable, because the human heart is the least able to withstand temptation.
Seeing the emperor nodding in response, Empress Ma lamented in her heart. Since the emperor insisted on this, she had no choice but to beg Han Du that the two of them really had a deep love for each other, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous...
But if you do this, your poor daughter will suffer.
A trace of distress flashed across Empress Ma's face, and she waved her sleeves and turned her back to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, please come back. I am tired today."
Lao Zhu stood up with a smile, held Queen Ma's shoulders, and said: "Sister, there is one last thing, let's leave as soon as we finish."
"Is there anything else? Tell me." Queen Ma obviously lost her good looks towards Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu smiled, rubbed his hands and said, "That's right, I'll ask you to show me some face when the time comes..."
"What did you say? You don't want me to make you look like this, do you?" Queen Ma stared at the emperor with wide eyes, pointed at her nose, and said angrily.
Lao Zhu's smile did not diminish, he gently pressed Queen Ma's finger with one hand, and said, "Then you can't let me take back what I said, right? It's hard to take back the water."
Queen Ma was very angry, but thought that if she didn't lose face, An Qing and Han Du would definitely not have a good outcome. In a dilemma, I could only angrily break away from the emperor's hand and said dissatisfied: "Concubine, I really owe you in my previous life..."
Seeing that Queen Ma agreed, Lao Zhu happily circled around her and kept comforting Queen Ma with kind words. But Queen Ma was so angry that she turned her back to the emperor, not wanting to see him.
